{"id":72471,"date":"2026-03-27T15:09:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/consumer-confidence-tumbled-in-march-as-americans-worry-about-the-iran-wars-economic-impact\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:09:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:09:42","slug":"consumer-confidence-tumbled-in-march-as-americans-worry-about-the-iran-wars-economic-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/consumer-confidence-tumbled-in-march-as-americans-worry-about-the-iran-wars-economic-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer confidence tumbled in March as Americans worry about the Iran war&#8217;s economic impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Consumer confidence slid in March as the Iran war and rising gas prices weighed on Americans&#8217; views of the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Michigan&#8217;s preliminary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sca.isr.umich.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March sentiment index<\/a>, released Friday, showed consumer sentiment fell 5.8% from 56.6 points in February to 53.3 in March. That marks the lowest level since December 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The drop in sentiment was more pronounced among middle and high-income consumers, Joanne Hsu, director of the Surveys of Consumers at the University of Michigan, said in a statement. Higher-income households have more wealth invested in the stock market, which has been highly volatile since the Iran war began on Feb. 28. The S&amp;P 500 has slumped almost 6% since then.<\/p>\n<p>Oil and gas prices have also climbed, putting financial strain on U.S. consumers, delivery drivers and farmers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday, gas was $3.98, according to AAA, up $1 since the conflict in the Middle East erupted. Crude oil prices were also up, with Brent, the international benchmark, rising 1.8% to $103.72 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the U.S. benchmark, rising 3.04% to $97.35.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Consumer sentiment pulled back in late March as households feel the heat from much higher gasoline prices, lower stock prices and spiking uncertainty,&#8221; said Oren Klachkin, financial market economist for Nationwide, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The consumer sentiment data showed Americans&#8217; inflation expectations also rose from 3.4% in February to 3.8% this month, the largest one-month increase since April 2025.<\/p>\n<pre><div style=\"min-height:565px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-FinjE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/FinjE\/full.png\" alt=\"Gas prices over time (Line chart)\"\/><\/div> <amp-iframe width=\"100\" height=\"100\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" resizable=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/FinjE\/\">  <\/amp-iframe> <\/pre>\n<p>The survey data aligns with <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/opinion-poll-iran-war-regime-2028-03-22\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">recent polling<\/a><\/span> from CBS News, which showed that rising energy prices are fueling pessimism about the nation&#8217;s economy. Of the 3,335 U.S. adults polled, 85% said gas prices in their area have been going up. 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